Perhaps you've heard the old adage, "Revenge is a meal best served cold." The notion is that revenge is so much sweeter when you take the time to savor it with anticipation. The notion is wrong! Revenge requires that one holds on to the bitterness of the offense, which sours the soul.
Revenge, rather, is a meal best served by the Master Chef, which He plainly reveals in Romans 12:19. We, are not to seek revenge but God's justice (see Mal 6:8) and His justice requires that "each one will have to give an account to God" (Rom 14:12).
For our part, we are called to free ourselves from the burden and bitterness of revenge and grudge bearing. Instead, we are called to, "as far as it is possible with you, be at peace with all men and leave room for God's wrath for it is mine to avenge, I will repay says The Lord" (Rom 12:18:19).
As Christians, we are not to repay evil with evil (Rom 12:17), which perpetuates evil. Rather, we are to do good, which may plant a seed of God's love in the other's heart, bringing about true good and thereby defeating your enemy by turning him into a friend and perhaps a fellow disciple in time. If not, he will yet answer to God.
Don't pay back evil, don't get even with evil doers, get right with God. His love and grace are so much sweeter than revenge.
Jus' Sayn.
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